Safeway on L St. NW Washington, DC. Photo by Karlyn Williams.
Saturday morning, UFCW Local 400 hit the streets in D.C. to inform customers about current contract negotiations and encouraged them to sign a support card to keep good jobs in the District.
The backbone of the D.C. community is good jobs, jobs that afford everyone the opportunity to take care of themselves and their families.
As big box stores like Walmart invade the city, driving down wages, members encouraged the customers to stand with them as Giant and Safeway workers to preserve good, community sustaining jobs by telling the store manager that they support the workers in their store.
In two hours at the Safeway store located at 490 L St. NW Washington, D.C. 250 support cards were hand delivered by customers to the Safeway assistant manager on duty.